Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-419-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-419-2022
Research article
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04 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 04 Feb 2022

Arctic sea ice sensitivity to lateral melting representation in a coupled climate model

Madison M. Smith, Marika Holland, and Bonnie Light

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2021-67', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Apr 2021
    • AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Madison Smith, 30 Jul 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2021-67', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 May 2021
    • AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Madison Smith, 30 Jul 2021
  • AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Madison Smith, 30 Jul 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (20 Sep 2021) by Petra Heil
AR by Madison Smith on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Nov 2021) by Petra Heil
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Dec 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Dec 2021) by Petra Heil
AR by Madison Smith on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Jan 2022) by Petra Heil
AR by Madison Smith on behalf of the Authors (07 Jan 2022)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
Climate models represent the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land with equations of varying complexity and are important tools for understanding changes in global climate. Here, we explore how realistic variations in the equations describing how sea ice melt occurs at the edges (called lateral melting) impact ice and climate. We find that these changes impact the progression of the sea-ice–albedo feedback in the Arctic and so make significant changes to the predicted Arctic sea ice.